History is the essence of innumerable Biographies.

Thomas Carlyle

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Nature of history History

Author

Thomas Carlyle

Source

On History

Medium

Essay

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1830 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "On History." Fraser's Magazine, 1830.

Current Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "On History." The Works of Thomas Carlyle, edited by Henry Duff Traill. Vol. 27, Cambridge University Press, 2010.

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Hegel, G. W. F. Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Weltgeschichte [Lectures on the Philosophy of World History]. c. 1830, University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

George Santayana

The Life of Reason

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Learning from the past History The past

Author

George Santayana
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The Life of Reason
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1905 1900s 20th century
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Santayana, George. The Life of Reason: Introduction and Reason in Common Sense, edited by Marianne S. Wokeck and Martin A. Coleman. Vol. 7, The MIT Press, 2011, bk. 1, ch. 12. Originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905